works in peruvian box elder(unfinished)

Wow gorgeous wood and super work too

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

You certainly did right by that wood… beautiful work on beautiful wood.

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

el roble que hay aqui en españa no se parece a ese,al principio pense que era eucalipto,madera que para el torneado no creo que sea muy apropiada,de cualquier manera el trabajo esta muy conseguido,esas vasijas tienen que lucir mucho colocadas en una cocina.

Hola ramon no es eucalipto aqui hay bastante pero es rojiza la madera y no se utiliza para torneado se tuerze mucho (ya la he probado esta madera es una especie de roble de la selva aqui tenemos miles de maderas de todo tipo solo 350 estan catalogadas de las cuales solo unas 35 se usan las demas son para la mineria y otros en la ciudad de iquitos hay variedades de maderas increibles y sin nombre esta que tengo llego hace una semana y nadie sabe que es solo aqui lo que no se conoce se vende como roble,yo por eso cuando voy a la maderera busco en el roble ahi se encuentran tesoros invaluables,gracias por tu opinion Eduardo

-- peruturner,lima peru

It certainly looks a lot like North American Box elder from the photos.
That would make it from the maple family I think.

Is the bark quite rough and deep grooves in it?
You did a lovely job on thos vessels by the way.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Bob it comes to lima from the jungle in blocks or 16/4 this one was a board 10×8x10 feet,terribly heavy it took two man just to carry a 10×8x48” in to my shop and have 3 more of those here to work on,lol the plate is from a piece 10×8 that decided to split in 3 to make some show plates instead of a big bowl or vessel,still have more wood to make those,only this wood takes longer to dry than the estoraque I got in here previously,wich still have some nice turnings to be made along a student of mine(woman)that I believe that after this expirience with peruvian woods when she makes it back home nothing will scare her to turn,lol

-- peruturner,lima peru

Great turnings and The box elder looks fantastic.

What a great collection of turnings. Beautiful wood.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

I love the bold and random wood patterns. Made it all look really nice in some very nice turnings. I can’t wait to see them after the finish is put on them. Will probably bring out the patterns even more. Nice work.

-- Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Fantastic turnings. Your work is allways quite interesting. The wood is outstanding also.

Keep up the wonderfull work.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Wonderful turnings and the color is beautiful.

-- Tom D

Fantastic turnings, so simple yet so elegant and the woods are just beautiful. You are a talented turner.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Nice work!
Once the wood is dry will you remount and sand or hand sand? Beautiful figure. The heartwood is reminiscent of tulipwood (as well as bo elder). Interesting that the colour doesn’t fade. Can anyone in your area identify the wood? I’m sure the major wood importers would be interested if they don’t import it already.
Great design and balance on your pieces.

-- Ken in Sharbot Lake, Ontario

Thanks for the comments ,yes the pieces are re mounted 2 or 3 times and re turn if it needs to then power sanding and finnish in laquer,then leave thebottom(spigot for the chuck)until is totally dry then finnish and sign the piece,lucky that summer is comming so the drying time is much less ,thanks

-- peruturner,lima peru

Very cool looking wood and nice work.

-- Dan Wiggins